Anne Wade, MLIS

Information Literacy, Early Literacy, Educational Technology, Online learning, Self Regulated Learning

Current course:

INST250 - Introductory Information Literacy Skills, eConcordia. This course is geared to all undergraduate students.

While the focus of this course is on the development of key information literacy competencies, additional sub-skills related to critical thinking and self-regulated learning will also be addressed. Writing skills are not addressed in this course. The learning outcomes of this course will be applicable to students’ academic, professional and daily lives.

Journals (since 2014)

      Battaglia, N., Wood^, E, Gottardo, A., Chovou, L.,  Ghaa^, C.,  Santhosh^, E., Vogel^, N., Wade, A., & Abrami^, P.C (under review). Examining the effectiveness of an online blended professional development program for Kenyan teachers: learning about alphabetics and fluency. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning

      Gottardo, A., Wood, E., Biddle, J., Urquhart, N., Ghaa, C., Kiforo, E., Iminza, R., WaGíokò, M., Korir, E., Brassard. L., Wade, A. & Abrami, P. (under review). Back to paper: When technology use is not an option for literacy instruction. Cogent Education. 

      Gottardo, A., Wood^, E., Maniraguha, J.B., Ghaa^, C.,  Chovu, L., WaGíokò, M., Wade, A., & Abrami^, P.C (under review). Teaching teachers about the science of reading: A teacher professional development program in Rwanda targeting the teaching of early literacy skills. Society for Scientific Studies in Reading.

      Lysenko, L., Abrami, P.C., Gottardo, A., Wood, E., & Wade, A.. (under review). Using the reading sciences and technology for teaching and learning in the Global South. Learning and Instruction.

      Wood, E., Santhosh, E.G., Gottardo, A., Battaglia, N., Chovu, L.,  Ghaa, C., Wade, A., & Vogel, N. (in press). Kenyan teachers’ experiences of an online professional development program across rural, peri-urban, and urban settings. International Journal of Teaching and Learning.

      Guo, X., Cheung, A., Abrami, P. C., & Wade, A. (2023). Examining the impact of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA), a game-based online literacy programme on primary school students in rural Hunan, China. Educational Technology Research and Development. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-023-10185-5

      Head, J., Lysenko, L., Wade, A., Abrami, P., & Biddle, J. (2023). Scaling up a technology-based literacy innovation in Kenya: Evolution of the teacher professional development course. Journal of Technology in Education. 6(4), 541-560. https://doi.org.10.46328/ijte.541

      Uribe-Banda, C., Wood, E., Gottardo, A. Biddle, J., Ghaa, C., Iminza, R., Korir, E. & Wade, A. (2023). Assessing blended and online-only delivery formats for teacher professional development in Kenya. Cogent Education, 10(1),  https://doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2023.2191414

      Lysenko, L., Abrami, P.C., & Wade, A. (2022). Sustainability and scalability of digital tools for learning: The Learning Toolkit Plus in Kenya. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology. 48(1), 1-29.  https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27961

      Lysenko, L., Abrami, P.C., Wade, A., Kiforo, E., & Iminza, R. (2022). Emergent Literacy in Math (ELM): Learning numeracy with interactive technology in Kenya grade-one classes. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education. 30(5), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.30722/IJISME.30.05.001

      Lysenko, L., Wade, A., Abrami, P. C., Iminza, R., & Kiforo, E. (2022). Self-regulated learning in Kenyan classrooms: A test of a process e-portfolio. International Journal of Instruction, 15(3), 63-82. https://www.e-iji.net/dosyalar/iji_2022_3_4.pdf

      Iminza, R., Lysenko, L., Wade, A., & Abrami, P.C. (2022). Implementing interactive literacy software in Kenya early childhood education classes. International Journal of Education and Development, 18(1), 55-66. http://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewissue.php?id=64

      Wood, E., Vica, C., Gottardo, A., Iminza, R., Kiforo, E., & Wade, A. (2022). Perceptions and pedagogical considerations in professional development training for integration of an early literacy program in Kenya. Oxford Education Review, 48(6), 786-803. https://doi-org.lib-ezproxy.concordia.ca/10.1080/03054985.2021.2018999

      Uribe-Banda, C., Wood, E., Gottardo, A., Wade, A., Iminza, R., & WaGioko, M. (2021). Evaluating teachers’ learning, perceptions, and cultural differences following professional development for early literacy software. Canadian Journal of Learning & Technology, 47(2), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt27952

      Wade, A., Lysenko, L., & Abrami, P.C. (2020). Developing information literacy skills in elementary students using the web-based Inquiry Strategies for the Information Society of the Twenty-first Century (ISIS-21). Journal of Information Literacy. 14(2), 96-127. https://doi.org/10.11645/14.2.2754  

      Lysenko, L., Abrami, P.C., Wade, A., Marsh, J., Wagioko, M. & Kiforo, E. (2019.) Promoting young Kenyans growth in literacy in educational technology: A tale of two years of implementation. International Journal of Educational Research, 95, 179-189. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2019.02.013

      Pickup D. I., Bernard R. M., Borokhovski E., Wade A. C., Tamim R. M. (2018). Systematically searching empirical literature in the social sciences: Results from two meta-analyses within the domain of education. Rossiiskii psikhologicheskii zhurnal – Russian Psychological Journal, 15(4), 245–265. https://doi.org/10.21702/rpj.2018.4.10

      Mak, B., Cheung, A., Guo, X., Abrami, P. C., & Wade, A. (2017). Examining the impact of the
ABRACADABRA (ABRA) web-based literacy programme on Primary ESL school students in Hong Kong. Education and Information Technologies, 22(6), 2671-2691. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-017-9620-3

      Cheung, A., Mak, B. Abrami, P.C., Wade, A. & Lysenko, L. (2016). The effectiveness of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA) web-based literacy program on primary school students in Hong Kong. Journal of Interactive Learning Research. 27(3), 219-245.   https://www.learntechlib.org/p/151937/

      Lysenko, L., Rosenfield, S., Dedic, H., Savard, A., Idan, E., Abrami, P.C., Wade, C. A., & Naffi, N. (2016). Using interactive software to teach foundational mathematical skills. Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice. 15, 19-34. http://www.jite.org/documents/Vol15/JITEv15IIPp019-034Lysenko2154.pdf

      Abrami, P.C., Bernard, R.B., Borokhovski, E., Waddington, D., Wade, A., & Persson, T. (2015). Strategies for teaching students to think critically: A meta analysis. Review of Educational Research, 85(20, 275-314. http://dx.doi.org/10.3102/0034654314551063

      Abrami, P.C., Ang’ondi, E. K., Gioko, A. M., Marsh, J., Wade, A. (2014). A Study of ABRACADABRA Early Literacy Software in Mombasa, Kenya. In 9th International Conference on ICT for Development, Education & Training E learning Conference 28-30 May 2014, Speke Resort and Conference Center, Kampala Uganda.

      Abrami, P.C., Wade, A., Lysenko, L., Marsh, J., & Gioko, A. (2014). Using educational technology to develop early literacy skills in Sub-saharan Africa. Education and Information Technologies, 21, 945-964.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-014-9362-4

      Lysenko, L., Borokhovski, E., Abrami, P., & Wade, A. (2014). Improving literacy skills with ABRACADABRA. Perspectives on Language and Literacy, 11-15.

Media (since 2013)

• 2017 Research Professionals Excellence Awards, First place. Québec Fonds Société et culture.
• Anne Galler Award for Outstanding Library Service. (2016). Québec Library Association.
• Volunteer of Distinction. (2013). English Montreal School Board.
• APA Excellence in Librarianship Award. (2008). American Psychological Association.
• Member of the Year (2000), Eastern Canada Chapter, Special Libraries Association